Discovering, Creating, Problem-Solving, or All Three?
Acacia Koska 4Ac
September 10, 2013
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Hi, my name is Acacia. In my picture, I hope to invent a flying, swimming and driving car. If I invented it, I would travel around the world and see new places. I hope to explore the deepest underwater caves to the highest mountains. I bet this would be a success for me and the world.
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PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”: Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch. Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width. What is a Catapult?
Acacia Koska 4Ac
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 2014
A catapult is a simple machine. Catapults were used to destroy castle walls and throw down heavy objects with a great amount of force. A catapult gets its energy by these steps: 1. Tighten the rope by winding the winch. This causes the cords at the base of the arm to twist and get tighter and tighter. 2. Then you load the cup with a rock or other large and heavy things. 3. Release the rope then you will see that around the base it will have untwisted all at once. My materials that I will use to build my catapult would be a pencil, brown colored play dough, wood, carving tool, yarn/string, metal, and wheels.
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Discovering...
Acacia Koska 4Ac
September 10, 2013
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Hi, my name is Acacia. In my picture, I hope to invent a flying, swimming and driving car. If I invented it, I would travel around the world and see new places. I hope to explore the deepest underwater caves to the highest mountains. I bet this would be a success for me and the world.
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”:
Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch.
Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width.
What is a Catapult?
Acacia Koska 4Ac
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 2014
A catapult is a simple machine. Catapults were used to destroy castle walls and throw down heavy objects with a great amount of force. A catapult gets its energy by these steps: 1. Tighten the rope by winding the winch. This causes the cords at the base of the arm to twist and get tighter and tighter. 2. Then you load the cup with a rock or other large and heavy things. 3. Release the rope then you will see that around the base it will have untwisted all at once. My materials that I will use to build my catapult would be a pencil, brown colored play dough, wood, carving tool, yarn/string, metal, and wheels.
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?